Waxeneckhaus

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Waxeneckhaus
NFI shelter
Waxeneckhaus (south side)

Waxeneckhaus (south side)

location Southwest ridge of the Waxenneck; Lower Austria , Austria ; Valley location:  Pernitz
Mountain range Gutenstein Alps
Geographical location: 47 ° 55 '46 "  N , 16 ° 0' 18"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '46 "  N , 16 ° 0' 18"  E
Altitude 740  m above sea level A.
Waxeneckhaus (Lower Austria)
Waxeneckhaus
owner Friends of nature Pottenstein-Berndorf local group
Built 1919/20
Construction type Refuge
Development Road from the neck
Usual opening times All year round
accommodation 15 beds, 10  camps
Hut directory NFI DAV

The Waxeneckhaus is in the municipality of Pernitz preferred shelter the nature lovers in the Gutensteiner Alps in Lower Austria .

It is located on the southern slope of the Waxeneck near the Geyersattel and can be reached on foot via a forest road from the Hals or via Feichtenbach from Pernitz. From Pottenstein you get to the Waxeneckhaus via Grabenweg on a small path along the ridge above Grabenweg. Hiking trail (2) 01 also leads over the neck (crossing the pass road): from Weissenbach an der Triesting via the settlement (village) Am Brand and the Red Cross .

The Waxeneckhaus was built between 1919 and 1920 by the local groups Bernsdorf and Pottenstein the tourist association "Friends of Nature" (TVN) built in 1934 , the association was dissolved. After 1945 the refurbishment and expansion of the refuge was carried out by the re-established local group.

Today the Waxeneckhaus offers overnight accommodation and a heated seminar room for 25 people.

photos

  • At the top of the pass on the neck : junction of the forest road leading to the Waxeneckhaus

  • Waxeneckhaus (west side)

  • View from the Waxeneckhaus over the Gutenstein Alps to the Schneeberg (immediately to the left: Dürre Wand with Öhler )

literature

  • Anton Hönigsperger, Friedrich Hönigsperger: The old Pottenstein-Fahrafeld. With Grabenweg and Waxeneck. A picture album with historical views . Heimat-Verlag, Schwarzach 2008.

Web links

Commons : Waxeneckhaus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helene Schießl, Erwin Schindler, Stadtgemeinde Berndorf (ed.): Berndorfer Gemeindechronik, published on the occasion of 100 years of the city of Berndorf . Berndorf 2000, p. 445.